Horrifying Short Stories

I haven't finished reading any Stephen King novels. Describing himself, King said he has literary elephantiasis. I agree with him. His novels are verbose. His short stories, on the other hand, are succinct. I recommend Skeleton Crew. It is a collection of short stories. One of the stories details a man stranded on an island without food. What does he do? He succumbs to cannibalizing himself. Scary and hilarious at the same time. The story is called Survivor Type. Enjoy!

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One short - very short - story that has always freaked me out is 'The Cobweb' by Saki. Far better than his more well-known stories like 'Sredni Vashtar'.Although I suppose he's not that particularly well-known now anyway.

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What I thought was disconcerting was that he went from the sole provider for the family, to literally the thing that was ruining them. Their self-preservation instinct was so strong as to contemplate murder of the poor thing. In the first part, you can feel his general sanity slipping away into nothingness.

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When I read the title of this post, Survivor Type was literally the first thing to spring to mind. I also recommend The Yellow Wallpaper (name of the author escapes me at the moment) and Guts (by Chuck Palahniuk) for, well, the former is real horror-horror, the latter uses incredibly gross, graphic imagery to tell a story about growing up. Not for the squeamish. But I think they both provide very deep, visceral gut reactions and sinking feelings that I don't find often.

I just finished this super short piece by Raul Brandao "The Thief and His Little Daughter"

-- I tried to look for an Internet copy but none exists, or I didn't look hard enough, but it's at the library, classic written 1908 translated originally from Portuguese.
It's fantastic, I won't spoil it, but for those who don't read: it's about a man who kills his daughter.

I just finished this super short piece by Raul Brandao "The Thief and His Little Daughter"

-- I tried to look for an Internet copy but none exists, or I didn't look hard enough, but it's at the library, classic written 1908 translated originally from Portuguese.
It's fantastic, I won't spoil it, but for those who don't read: it's about a man who kills his daughter.

Good to know. It's short enough, that if I get bored maybe I will transcribe it. Technically it is public domain and if its not on the Internet then fuck it, I shall take it as duty to the PD, there's other forums I've scoured, and its sitting in front of me.. so I guess the universe has spoken --